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(Canadian (Inuit), 1920–1980)
about 1970
Object PlaceArviat, Nunavut, Canada
Medium/TechniqueSoapstone
DimensionsOverall: 19.1 × 12.7 × 15.2 cm (7 1/2 × 5 × 6 in.)
Credit LineGift of Joyce W. and P. Frederick Sparling
Accession number2019.627
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceApril 23, 2007, anonymous sale, Waddington’s Auctioneers and Appraisers, Toronto, lot 142, to Fred and Joyce Sparling, Pittsboro, NC; 2019, gift of Fred and Joyce Sparling to the MFA. (Accession date: June 19, 2019)
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